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Cézanne
Book by Duchting, Hajo
- GenresArtArt HistoryNonfiction
224 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1990
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June 20, 2015
Not quite sure what to say about this -- the text I got was in Italian, and I didn't have the patience to take out a dictionary and read it. What I dipped into seemed interesting, though with a tendency towards the sort of florid subjectivity that often marks art criticism.
The reproductions are large and look wonderful - and there is a nice selection. Of course, it is impossible to tell if the tones are correct unless you know the paintings at first hand (which I don't). I use google images, look up a single picture, and get images that range from blue to pink. So WTF knows...!
Also annoying, at times, two pictures are presented on facing pages because they are relevant to each other. But instead of putting them in chronological order from left to right - so the eye can quickly see the development of the motif, they arrange them so that the painting that tilts right is on the left and that which tilts left is on the right. So the eye gets confused. This happens on a number of pages.
The selection of late works is not large, and the reproductions less good -- smaller.
So looks like a good coffee table book, and a nice browse. (But if I had bothered to actually read it, I might have felt differently, up or down).
The reproductions are large and look wonderful - and there is a nice selection. Of course, it is impossible to tell if the tones are correct unless you know the paintings at first hand (which I don't). I use google images, look up a single picture, and get images that range from blue to pink. So WTF knows...!
Also annoying, at times, two pictures are presented on facing pages because they are relevant to each other. But instead of putting them in chronological order from left to right - so the eye can quickly see the development of the motif, they arrange them so that the painting that tilts right is on the left and that which tilts left is on the right. So the eye gets confused. This happens on a number of pages.
The selection of late works is not large, and the reproductions less good -- smaller.
So looks like a good coffee table book, and a nice browse. (But if I had bothered to actually read it, I might have felt differently, up or down).
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April 16, 2018While Cezanne is one of my favorite artists, I feel the Spanish version of this book has a lot of work yet to be done in editing and in improving the research. The quality of the paintings is in general very good.
November 10, 2017
I liked learning a bit about Cezanne but it certainly was not the most accessible way of doing so.
April 11, 2019
rating is for the Könemann edition
December 23, 2022
Nice overview of most (all?) of Cézanne's works with some background into his life.
February 24, 2025
write-ups are kinda useless but the works are reproduced beautifully...new fave book to just pick up and gawk at!!
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